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Genus: Haploclastus Simon, 1892 | Family: Theraphosidae Thorell, 1869

Haploclastus nilgirinus Pocock, 1899

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002040

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Described:

Distribution: India

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Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)/Natural History Museum (NHMUK), London, UK f (94.8.21.9) - (Mirza, 2024)

Taxonomic References

Haploclastus nilgirinus Pocock, 1899d: 747 (Df) Original description

Haploclastus nilgirinus Mirza, 2024: 216, f. 24, 25A-C (f)

References

Mirza, Z. A. (2024). Systematics of the Western Ghats endemic tarantula subfamily Thrigmopoeinae with the description of a new genus and four new species. Travaux du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle “Grigore Antipa” 67(2): 183-234. doi: 10.3897/travaux.67.e112517 -- Show included taxa

Pocock, R. I. (1899d). Diagnoses of some new Indian Arachnida. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 12(4): 744-753. -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2025-01-01	New taxonomic reference entry	Mirza, 2024